Kane wins in Montana Photo US Open 2019, Photographer Kevin Savory There was an IRT Satellite event last week in Billings Montana, which did a great job putting pro racquetball in the state for the first time last year and was able to do it again this year. r2sports site for brackets: https://www.r2sports.com/website/event-website.asp?TID=41762 Here’s a recap. In Pro Singles, there were 8 regular touring players, including #2 @jaJake Bredenbeck , #4 Andree Parrilla , #6 @Kane Waselenchuk , and #7 @Adam Manilla playing in Montana. This is consistent with the long-standing tour rules that only f ..read more

As team @3Wall Ball has done the last couple of years, 2024 will have an Outdoor Cup series covering all three Outdoor “Majors” (Beach Bash, Outdoor Nationals, and 3WallBall in Vegas). This post is to cover the results and standings of the Cup series after the first event of the year, the just-finished Beach Bash. —————————————– Men’s Cup Series: Full Standings xls: https://docs.google.com/…/1s6PHS…/edit… Standings after the 2024 Beach Bash discussion: Robert Sostre and @Benny Goldenberg are tied for the lead after the first Outdoor major, having teamed up together to take the Men’s one-wall P ..read more

Sam Bredenbeck with his first international medal. Photo via Sam’s instagram The 35th annual Pan American Racquetball Championships tournament is in the books. Here’s a recap of the knockout stage action, along with links for the results as entered into the Pro Racquetball Stats database. Congratulations to the winners: – Men’s Singles: @Rodrigo Montoya , Mexico – Women’s Singles: Maria Jose Vargas , Argentina – Men’s Doubles: Andres Acuna & @Gabriel Garcia , Costa Rica – Women’s Doubles: Maria Jose Vargas & Natalia Mendez , Argentina – Mixed Doubles: @Michelle key & @Sam Bredenbec ..read more

Montoya is #1 seed in both men’s singles and doubles; can he convert with a new partner? Photo Kevin Savory 2022 Portland IRT event Welcome to the 35th iteration of the Pan American Racquetball Tournament, held every year since 1986 (with the exception of 2 Covid cancellations and a civil unrest cancellation in 2000). The tournament was first held in 1986 in San Jose, Costa Rica, and was initially called the Tournament of the Americas. It generally is a showcase for Central and South American countries, having been held just once in the USA (1990 in Jacksonville). This year is back in Guatemal ..read more

Congrats to your Pro/Open winners on the weekend: – Singles: Erick Trujillo – Doubles: @Cole Sendrey & @Robert Collins R2 Sports App home page for event: https://www.r2sports.com/tourney/home.asp?TID=41953 —————— Let’s review the notable matches in the Singles draw. ————— In the 16s, we got some good first round matches for the neutrals. – Georgia’s @Austin Cunningham got a solid win over U21 DJ Mendoza in a breaker in the 8/9 match. – @Brennen Jennings got the win over Yacouba Keita 13,8. – Richard Eisemann stretched #2 seed @Erick Trujillo to a tie-breaker before falling; great showing a ..read more

There’s a nice pro draw at the Warhawk open this weekend, a great local tournament held on the campus of the University of Louisiana – Monroe (hence the Warhawk moniker; that’s their mascot). Quick tangent on the mascot name “Warhawk.” My high school’s mascot was also the Warhawks, which seemed initially like an odd choice for a high school in the leafy suburbs of Washington DC named after a President who served in the early 1800s (James Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia), until one does a little bit of research into the War of 1812. The war, fought against the British, occurred during M ..read more

In addition to the IRT event and Beach Bash and NMRA last weekend, we also had the 50th annual @USA Racquetball Intercollegiates championship, brought to you by @Team Dovetail and @Mike Kinkin , held in Tempe at Arizona State University (likely for the last time as they’re removing courts later this year). Congratulations to your Gold #1 individual award winners: – Men’s Singles: Benjamin Horner , from Des Moines Area CC. – Women’s Singles: Stein Julia from Baldwin Wallace University. – Men’s Doubles: Ariel Tito & Samuel Lazcano from Colorado State University – Pueblo – Women’s Doubles: Ju ..read more

Sostre a double winner in Florida this weekend. Photo Steve Fitzsimons 3WB 2020 Congrats to your Pro winners on the weekend: – Men’s Pro Doubles: Robert Sostre and Benny Goldenberg – Women’s Pro Doubles: Michelle Key and Katie Neils – Mixed Pro Doubles: Robert Sostre and Kelani Lawrence – Men’s Pro Singles: DJ Mendoza – Women’s Pro Singles: Veronica Sotomayor Executive Summary: Sostre takes two titles and has a huge weekend. Goldenberg goes undefeated in Men’s and CPRT. Key wins her record extending 34th WOR major title. Lawrence and Neils return to the winner’s circle. Sotomayor repeats, and ..read more

Kane takes the title and looks like he’s 100% “back.” Photo Md19 by Ken Fife Congrats to your Pro winners on the weekend: – Singles: Kane Waselenchuk – Doubles: Andree Parrilla & Adam Manilla. Kane wins his 126th tier1 event and looks like he’s 100% back. Adam and Andree win their 2nd doubles title of the new season together and solidify their spot as the #1 doubles team on tour. R2 Sports App home page for event: https://www.r2sports.com/website/event-website.asp?TID=41791 —————— Let’s review the notable matches in the Singles draw. Singles Match report in the PRS database: https://rball ..read more

Michelle Key in a solid position for some one-wall doubles titles. Photo 2022 Outdoor Nats via Fitzsimons Welcome to the 17th annual Beach Bash one-wall outdoor event, the first of the three “majors” on the WOR – World Outdoor Racquetball annual calendar. This is the 17th iteration of this event, which started in 2004 as one of the first ever events run by the newly formed WOR organization. It was renamed to Beach Bash for Cash starting in 2007, and has run in mid-March every year (save for Covid) since. Eventually the “Cash” moniker was dropped, so now we just call it Beach Bash. This year’s ..read more